Pediatric urolithiasis: Clinical predictors in the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 888-894

  Persaud, Andre C ^a   Stevenson, Michelle D ^b   McMahon, Daniel R ^a,c   Christopher, Norman C ^a,c,d  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Emergency medicine; Nephrocalcinosis; Urology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROLITHIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349234616     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2427     Document Type: Article

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